Limericks

1) The Spectacle

2) The young man named Reg

3) Of my Dad

4) Scrabble

5) The Brisbane Teacher

 

 

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Come spectate at the spectacle

Come see the world’s biggest vegetable

It will be shown outside

Because its vast size

Won’t fit through the door of the vestibule

 

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There was a young man named Reg

I knew only ate fruit and veg’

But image my surprise

When I found him outside

Nibbling my garden hedge

 

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Of my Dad, known to many as Bill

It’d be wrong to say ‘he’s over the hill’

Although 80 today

It’s more truthful to say

There’s plenty more years ahead still

 

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My friend with a liking for Scrabble

Often in whisky would dabble

And when the two mixed

She’d sit there transfixed

And mutter and mumble and babble

 

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There was a young teacher from Brisbane

Renowned for imparting great wisdom

But when he drank beer

It some became clear

He lost his erudite diction

 

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